# The One billion dollars question: Did Syria or its allies shoot down an Israeli F-35 Lightning II over the Syrian Golan?

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- Published: 2016-09-14T02:01:02+00:00
- Author: Strategika510

13 September 2016, at 0100Z, Syrian Artillery positions located near Al-Qunaytera
in the Syrian Golan were targeted by an Israeli Air Force raid.

This was the first violation of the latest ceasefire brokered by Russia and the 
U.S.

Here is the bottom line:

Officially, the Israeli acted out of retaliation after one unidentified artillery
shell coming from the Syrian territory landed very close to an Ammonia storage facility(
more likely a military chemical-weapons base)

Actually, IAF (Israeli Air force) and some IDF (Israeli Defense forces) Artillery
units were helping Syrian rebels in the Golan to fight the Syrian Armed Forces and
its allies, mainly the Lebanese Hezbollah.

The Israeli used F-15’s Sufa and for the first time the state-of-the -art F-35 Lightning
II combat aircraft to suppress Syrian and Hizbollah military targets in the Syrian
Golan and in the Southern suburb of Damascus.

According to the Syrian Army High Command, an unknown number of Surface-to-Air missiles
were fired by the Syrian Air Defense forces or a Hezbollah special force against
the intruders. The Syrians claim at least one hit in the Golan and another near 
Damascus. More specifically, the Syrian media outlets claim that at least one Israeli
combat aircraft was shot down while another was damaged over the Golan.

Another Israeli armed drone was allegedly destroyed by AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
near Damascus.

As usual, Israel denied first everything and then acknowledged that the Syrian military
used Surface-to-Air missiles against IAF combat aircraft.

And here comes the big deal! According to some of our sources, the Israeli aircraft
hit by the Syrian SAM’s may be a F-35 Lightning II!

![iaf-lightningii](https://i0.wp.com/strategika51.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/
iaf-lightningii.png?resize=1292%2C931&ssl=1)

**Israel will never admit it, as it would show that the F-35 Lightning II, one of
the most advanced military aircraft ever built (and the most expensive ever!) is
vulnerable to a new enhanced version of the old Pechora SAM.  Syria won’t admit 
it either, as it might back Israel into a corner leading to a solid retaliation 
and a large-scale regional war (and even a World war)

Previously to this latest incident, Damascus has informed Moscow about its decision
to use SAM’s against any  new Israeli attack inside the Syrian territory.

Israel is one of the belligerents of the ongoing conflict in Syria.

Special Report: **[Strategika51](http://strategika51.com)**

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## Comments

### By: cosworth57200

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- Published: 2017-04-10T19:52:27+00:00

D’où vient ce montant d’un billion (1 milliard selon la numérotation française) 
vu que le montant unitaire arrêté en 2016 entre le pentagone et Lockeed-Martin pour
la version standard est de 94,6 mis $.

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### By: peace messenger (@amidyousef)

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- Published: 2016-09-15T05:30:21+00:00

WOW. INCREDIBLE, showdown between USA arms manufacturers and Russian Arms manufacturers
in our homeland SYRIA! Why don’t we stop this silliness? [http://www.amidyousef.com](http://www.amidyousef.com)

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### By: Tuff

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- Published: 2016-09-14T15:31:46+00:00

Déni de réalité ? Nietzsche décrit la résolution d’un problème chez l’être humain
en 3 phases :
 1\) le refus du problème, on refuse de le reconnaître (déni de réalité
clair !) 2\) On ouvre enfin les yeux et on accepte de s’en « occuper » 3\) on finit
par accepter ledit problème et on vit avec ! C’est sous nos yeux ;-)

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### By: Diablo

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- Published: 2016-09-14T14:15:49+00:00

Si c’est vrai c’est une première mondiale. L’impact d’une telle perte aurait des
conséquences incalculables sur la vente d’un appareil déjà fort décrié malgré toute
la pub dont il bénéficie.

Mais si c’est vrai et que cela se sait dans les états majors et les ministères j’imagine
qu’on fera comme si de rien n’était.

Déni de réalité n°3 ?

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### By: Strategika51

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- Published: 2016-09-14T15:16:54+00:00

Déni de réalité N°3!

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### By: Strapontin

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- Published: 2016-09-15T06:08:06+00:00

on s’organise autour du problème me parait plus exact.

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